Kheldian Form Toggle Suppression

I find myself saying this a lot recently, but here it is again: I did a search for this topic and found nothing. I would be grateful if someone could point me towards a thread where this is addressed, if there is one. Failing that, allow me to begin:

One of the great hurdles I find, as a beginning player of Kheldians, is feeling comfortable shifting forms. Going into Nova or Dwarf isn't bad because one is actively choosing both the strengths and weakness of that form in order to utilize said strengths. As soon as the transformation is complete, the strengths are available and all tools at your command.

When transforming back into the human, however, one has to choose whether to risk massive damage by staying unprotected in order to keep dealing damage, or stop their offense in order to toggle up their defenses.

My thought is that it would make playing the ATs much easier without really making them significantly more powerful--I said "significantly"--if the human form toggles were to merely suppress when in alternate forms. This would be akin to mez or travel suppression but obviously would be total including the VFX. When the human form is retaken, the toggles would immediately reassert just as they already do when the suppressing conditions are removed.

That is all.

Robin

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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha ...I have the patience of a coffee-fueled flea...

This has been asked for before and it is a good suggestion.

Here are items I don't know regarding this issue:

Can the devs code powers to suppress both effects AND end costs? We know they can suppress effects thank to the way toggles function while mezzed now.

If they can, what are some possible exploits?

On my warshade, I run orbiting death and inky aspect. If I slot IA for disorient duration, would it be considered overpowered to run into a group, disoirent all the minions, shift to dwarf, pound on the boss, see the minions shake off their mez, drop to human only long enough to remez them and then turtle back up? I'd say no. I think that would be fine.

I'm sitting herre trying to come up with possible exploits that such a change would create... but I've never been very good at that.

I think the one change I want most for khelds is reducing the cast time of form shifting... Going from Nova to Dwarf and back takes at least 4.06s during which you can't do anything at all.

Confused: why would you go from nova to dwarf and back? Or was that merely an example to express your point?

Correct me if I'm wrong but since the Dwarf shift doesn't remove the mezzes--it just makes you not care about them--shifting back would just make you be mezzed again. That means that shift to/from Dwarf wouldn't be to break a mez.

So the only reason I can see to shift from one form to another is to use a power that the target-form has.

Or were you just talking about total travel time, as opposed to total round-trip time?

In any case, I certainly agree that the transformation itself should be faster. And also quieter. It's very loud. And shouldn't trigger if you zone while shifted so as soon as you zone in you don't get that damn boom.

Okay, that turned into a rant. Sorry. Done now.

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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha ...I have the patience of a coffee-fueled flea...

I don't usually leave anything alive long enough to worry about taking much damage whilst form shifting.

In fact, all I'd like them to do now is fix it so that when going from Nova to Dwarf (or vice versa), you don't drop to human first.. No need to speed the transform up or anthing, just get rid of the silly swap to human first... There's no real advantage gained in doing it, it just would LOOK better.

Moot point. Got verification that suppression can't be changed to where it also suppresses endurance.

Does anyone really want to pay for non-functioning dam-res shields * 3, inky aspect and orbiting death while blasting in nova form?

The questions is.... could we talk the devs into allowing specific powers to remain functional while in the forms?

I'd dig dwarf form if I could have IA and OD running.